f30555 cc14812	Somerset v Sussex
	County Championship 1975
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 30th April, 1st, 2nd May 1975 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 8 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Sussex 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	JF Crapp, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Sussex (1) 7/0 (Greenidge 4*, Morley 3*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 61/0 (Taylor 39*, Rose 18*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Snow	9
BC Rose	c Mansell b Greig	7
PW Denning	c Mansell b Snow	27
IVA Richards	lbw b Snow	20
*DB Close	c Greig b Waller	78
GI Burgess	b Greig	70
PA Slocombe	not out	61
IT Botham	b Greig	0
D Breakwell	c Faber b Spencer	23
RJ Clapp	not out	0
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 5 nb)	13
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-21, 3-64, 4-75, 5-178, 6-238, 7-238, 8-296

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	14	2	44	3	-	-
Spencer	19	4	61	1	-	-
Greig	27	5	77	3	-	-
Buss	2	0	8	0	-	-
Marshall	14	2	56	0	-	-
Waller	24	10	49	1	-	-

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Sussex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Greenidge	lbw b Clapp	6
JD Morley	c and b Botham	43
MJJ Faber	c Taylor b Breakwell	39
PJ Graves	c Taylor b Close	13
*AW Greig	c Slocombe b Jones	24
MA Buss	b Botham	1
+AW Mansell	c Denning b Breakwell	31
JA Snow	lbw b Breakwell	40
CE Waller	b Botham	19
J Spencer	not out	6
RPT Marshall	not out	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 7 nb)	17
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-89, 3-104, 4-133, 5-134, 6-141, 7-192, 8-230, 9-232

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	19	6	37	1	-	-
Clapp	19	5	48	1	-	-
Burgess	10	1	30	0	-	-
Botham	15	5	30	3	-	-
Breakwell	22	5	44	3	-	-
Close	15	6	34	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DJS Taylor	not out	96
BC Rose	c Graves b Snow	61
PW Denning	not out	9
IVA Richards	did not bat
*DB Close	did not bat
GI Burgess	did not bat
PA Slocombe	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
D Breakwell	did not bat
RJ Clapp	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 75 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-153

Sussex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Snow	18	5	25	1	-	-
Spencer	5	1	17	0	-	-
Greig	18	4	52	0	-	-
Buss	4	1	7	0	-	-
Marshall	5	1	26	0	-	-
Waller	25	6	39	0	-	-

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Sussex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Greenidge	c Taylor b Jones	3
JD Morley	c Breakwell b Jones	37
MJJ Faber	c Slocombe b Jones	16
PJ Graves	c Taylor b Clapp	1
*AW Greig	lbw b Burgess	35
MA Buss	b Jones	20
+AW Mansell	not out	15
JA Snow	not out	26
CE Waller	did not bat
J Spencer	did not bat
RPT Marshall	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 6 nb)	14
Total	(6 wickets, 73 overs)	167
Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-32, 3-40, 4-98, 5-120, 6-126

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	16	4	29	4	-	-
Clapp	10	2	29	1	-	-
Burgess	9	1	18	1	-	-
Botham	9	0	32	0	-	-
Breakwell	15	5	29	0	-	-
Close	14	7	16	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The first innings of the match was limited to 100 overs; the total overs for both teams first innings was limited to 200 overs
--> DB Close (1) passed 32000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 35
--> PA Slocombe made his debut in County Championship matches
--> PA Slocombe made his debut in first-class matches
--> BC Rose (2) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 50
--> JA Snow (2) passed 3500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 16
--> AA Jones reached 300 wickets in first-class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Sussex second innings

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